Beyond the political purpose of free speech, the First Amendment provides American people with a marketplace of ideas.. Rather than having the government establish and dictate the truth, freedom of speech enables the truth to emerge from diverse opinions.
cerclage. [ 1 serklÄzhâ²] 2  1 an orthopedic procedure in which the ends of an oblique bone fracture or the chips of a broken patella are bound together with a wire loop or a metal band to hold them in position until healed.
cecum. [sÄâ²kÉm]. Etymology: L, caecus, blind, blind gut. a pouchlike structure or cul-de-sac constituting the first part of the large intestine. It is inferior to the junction of the ascending colon and joins the ileum, the last segment of the small intestine, at the ileocecal valve. pouched structure which is the first portion of the colon, located in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. It is directly contiguous with the ileum via the ileocaecal valve and, externally, is the point of attachment of the appendix.